CAMPUS WORKERS BUILDING POWER AND WINNING CHANGE

PROUD MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

WHO WE ARE

We are the contingent and full-time faculty, graduate workers, staff, post-doctoral researchers, undergraduate workers, and academic librarians who are the backbone of higher education in the US. At a time when corporate interests are overtaking the educational mission of the academy, we are uniting across classifications, campuses, and states to fight back.

By coming together as workers we can take on the administrative bloat, financialization, and casualization of the academy, and end the poverty wages and deteriorating working conditions that come with it.

Join us as we build the power to set industry standards that support academic workers so we can do what we love without struggling to live.

Take Action

LGBTQ+ Rights & Academic Freedom

May 17th, 1pm CT / 2pm ET

LGBTQ+ rights and academic freedom are under attack across the US. Join us for an event bringing together campus workers and advocates to discuss the fight for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive future for higher-ed.

HIGHER EDUCATION UNION 101 TRAINING

May 5th, 3pm CT / 4pm ET

Join us to learn about building power and winning change on campus. We will discuss challenges academic workers face, what they are winning, and how you can begin organizing where you are.

NEWS & UPDATES

BECOME A UNION MEMBER

ORGANIZE AT YOUR UNIVERSITY

SUPPORT THE LABOR MOVEMENT

AFT Academics is  the higher education associate membership Local of the American Federation of Teachers – the largest higher education union in the United States.

AFTA Members:

  • Work with AFT union organizers to build power and win change.
  • Connect to a national network of union colleagues across the U.S.
  • Support the academic labor movement in the fight to build a better, more just academy.

CONTACT US